My crafty outlook: 5 Jul 2016

Tuesday, 5 July 2016

Take time to relax ...

(Think that should be a message to self!!)

Another quick card (I need to make some quick male cards to boost supplies) using Hunkydory supplies, including the two striped strips which were snippets, not long enough to go all the way down a card.

This is for:

My Sheri 185: down at the beach
Ecelctic Ellapu July: life's a beach
Papercreators 49: just for men
Delicious doodles July: beside the sea
Paperminutes 442: summer break
Just us girls 350: summer
AnMaCreatief 58: summer
Bunny Zoe: summer
Deep ocean 132: colours of summer
Glitter n sparkle 195: red, white and blue
Simon says Monday: red white and/or blue
Jo's scrap shack funday 145: use red, white & blue
Paper sweeties 45: inspiration (I went with the colours):

Unstampabelles 59: go native (UK flag: red, white & blue) with a twist to make it square
Inspiration destination 92: anything goes
Not just cards 33: anything goes
Card and scrap 121: anything goes
Eclectic Ellapu July: anything goes
Dragonfly dreams July: anything goes
Leinzlove tear bears July 7: anything goes

Bear hugs

A quick card using the offcut piece of Persimmon paper from the previous card matted on to a red card blank with a piece of corrugated card and Hunkydory topper and sentiment label.

This is for:

Glitter n sparkle 195: red, white and blue
Melonheadz friends: red, white and blue
Simon says Monday: red white and/or blue
Jo's scrap shack funday 145: use red, white & blue
Paper sweeties 45: inspiration (I went with the colours):

Unstampabelles 59: go native (UK flag: red, white & blue) with a twist to make it square
Going grey with Scrap-creations: red, white and blue
Use your stuff 228: show us an animal on your creation (everything used is from long ago and needed using!)
Inspiration destination 92: anything goes
Not just cards 33: anything goes
Card and scrap 121: anything goes
Eclectic Ellapu July: anything goes
Dragonfly dreams July: anything goes
Leinzlove tear bears July 7: anything goes

Red, white and blue birthday wishes

This is an 8 x 8 card, using Hunkydory pictures (one split into three), background paper from Docrafts Persimmon collection, a piece of glittered red ribbon overlain with anchor grosgrain ribbon, with a couple of Express Youself stick-on decorations.

This is for:

Papercreators 49: just for men
Delicious doodles July: beside the sea
Paperminutes 442: summer break
Bastel-traum 42: journey/vacation
DL.ART thankful Thursday 183: summertime
Aloha Friday 75: summer fun
Just us girls 350: summer
AnMaCreatief 58: summer
Craft for the craic July: summer breeze
Kort o mania 156: summer
Bunny Zoe: summer
Crafts and me July: anything goes with optional summer memories
Deep ocean 132: colours of summer
Ribbon girl: July card challenge
CRAFT 370: add ribbon and sparkle
Glitter n sparkle 195: red, white and blue
Melonheadz friends: red, white and blue
Simon says Monday: red white and/or blue
Jo's scrap shack funday 145: use red, white & blue
Paper sweeties 45: inspiration (I went with the colours):

Unstampabelles 59: go native (UK flag: red, white & blue) with a twist to make it square
Going grey with Scrap-creations: red, white and blue
Inspiration destination 92: anything goes
Not just cards 33: anything goes
Card and scrap 121: anything goes
Eclectic Ellapu July: anything goes
Dragonfly dreams July: anything goes
Leinzlove tear bears July 7: anything goes

Let's craft and create challenge 115

This is my design card for Let's craft and create 115: our four-legged friends - please click on the link to see the lovely designs of the rest of the team and we hope you will join in our challenge.

I was asked to make this card for a friend to give to her mum - she said that she loved bright colours and animals, wild ones in particular, so I used this lovely 'fun in the jungle' digital image from Stitchy Bear's digi outlet, colouring with spectrum noir pens. When printed, the image was cut out on my Scan n cut and mounted on to an offcut piece of red paper. I thought the offcut piece of spotted background paper gave a bit more brightness and I added a snippet strip of animalprint paper wrapped with the paw print grosgrain ribbon with some glitter strips on the sides. The little circles are mini shakers from Paperrchase. Although it's difficult to see the sentiment says 'Happy Birthday Mum' and the numerals are gold foiled.

This is also for:

Pixie's snippets 236
Use your stuff 228: show us an animal on your creation (using up old supplies)
Crafty ribbons 158: animals
Ribbon girl: July card challenge
CRAFT 370: add ribbon and sparkle
Polka doodles 26: add ribbon or twine
Country view July: have fun with circles
Colour crazy 16: glitter and sparkles
Deep ocean 132: colours of summer
Lacy sunshine: anything goes (with colouring)
Sunsational July: anything goes
4 crafty chicks 305: anything goes
Inspiration destination 92: anything goes
Not just cards 33: anything goes
Card and scrap 121: anything goes
Eclectic Ellapu July: anything goes
Dragonfly dreams July: anything goes
Leinzlove tear bears July 7: anything goes

More mixed media July challenge

This is my design canvas for More mixed media July challenge: anything goes + optional pastel colours.

I made the background of the canvas (about 12" x 16") with a mix of white gesso and various acrylic paints. The two corner pieces were left over form a card from a set bought long ago.

I used two That's Crafty stencils, randomly dabbing the top one with sparkle medium champagne and the bottom one with sparkle medium cinnamon. I inked the Just Rite cling Fleuriste Newsprint background stamp with versafine onyx black and stamped on to a piece of white tissue paper. I then wetted around it with a paintbrush to tear and adhered to the canvas with mod podge.

Flowers from Hobbycraft, the white ones touched with some of the cinnamon and champagne sparkle medium.